Hovering Over The Back Button

Jon Marks (@mcboof) has set a challenge to vendors on his blog - to prioritize various elements of what makes a great CMS product, to choose between Editors, Performance, Features, Developers and producing Websites. I know, I'm not a vendor any more - but I started writing a comment and once it got longer than his original post, I thought hang on...

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I admit I am a big Google advocate, I have spent a fair amount of time at their cool European HQ In London, at partner events and I even coded the first shipped iteration of our Google Search Appliance Connector (thankfully now looked after by proper developers!). Also, I admit I've only spent a few hours with Google's latest offerings, SideWiki and Wave, but I have the feeling of being in a privileged walled garden, rather than on the crest of a mainstream wave. Why does is it feel like that? [ read more ]

Inspired by a blog post by Ron Miller, where he comments on an article by Clay Johnson, that states that Content Management Systems just don't work and you should seriously consider building one yourself. Really? Clearly with my background this got my attention... [ read more ]